Essex ActivAte is the name for the Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme across Essex, run by Active Essex, Essex County Council and Thurrock Council, on behalf of the Department for Education. This programme aims to support the physical and mental wellbeing of primary and secondary school children, through engagement in a wide variety of enrichment and physical activities, and provision...
Supporting people to live healthy lifestyles is one of the Everyone’s Essex commitments, and increasing levels of physical activity among children and young people is a key priority for the county. To inform the expansion of the Find Your Active campaign, research was needed to better understand children and young people’s attitudes and behaviours around physical activity, to inform the campaign...
The Prevention and Enablement Model is a whole system approach to improving the lives of people living with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions. Its overarching theme is to encourage and support people to be more active, independent and well. This test and learn is being delivered via a system of unique partnerships across the county’s Health and Adult Social Care sector.
